On Saturday, July 17th, Venice Paparazzi joined Whole Food's Joyful Activist Club at the Venice High Learning Gardens. It was replanting party with live music, fresh food from Whole Foods, & good times! In addition, the Connect the DOT's Bio Bus made a stop at the Learning Garden.

About the Learning Garden. The Learning Garden is located at Venice High School in Venice, Ca. It was launched in March of 2001. Since then it has quickly become one of the country’s largest and most successful school gardens. The Learning Garden is a model example of how school gardens can transform the lives of students and teachers and the environment of their community. For several years, many groups worked with the high school horticulture program to transform the 60,000 foot plot of land into a garden, but due to lack of stronger community support it remained mostly an eyesore filled with trash, overgrown with weeds, and a magnet for vandalism. Today, the agricultural plots are filled with organic food grown by the high school students. Health-related classes such as tai chi, qigong, and natural food cooking are offered on its large stone patio. The garden has a large medicinal plant section for educational purposes, a pond with a water garden and waterfall, and a California native plant and cacti garden. A community garden is tended by local volunteers, and numerous groups and organizations use and support the garden. For more info, visit.. http://www.thelearninggarden.org

About the Connect the DOTs Bio bus: A former school bus turned mobile classroom for renewable energy and climate science runs on recaptured vegetable oil and is equipped with solar panels to deliver free multimedia presentations about climate change and solar-powered concerts. Support the tour by coming to an event or sharing your DOT. For more info, visit... http://www.acespace.org/bus